POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Convocation January 2006
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Student Enrollment History

• PCCs student FTE enrollment 1994 - 1998.

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PCCs Mission Vision

• Mission Polk Community College is a
  quality-driven educational institution providing
  degree, career and lifelong learning programs
  within an environment of excellence and
  commitment to student success.
• Vision Polk Community College will be a world
  class college and Floridas leader in workforce
  development.

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Student Enrollment History

• PCCs student FTE enrollment since 1998.

Hurricane Induced Loss
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Credit Non-Credit Enrollment

• The number of students attending PCC classes was
  again close to a total of 20,000 in 2004/05.

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Student Enrollment History

• Unduplicated student headcount since 1998.

Hurricane Induced Loss
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Increasing Minority Enrollment

• Hispanic enrollment doubled since 1998.

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The Dual Enrollment Explosion

• In 2004/05 Almost 10 of Credit Enrollment.

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Expanding the Nursing Program

• Serving the medical needs of the community.

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Annual Program Completions
Almost 25,000 students graduated since 1964.
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Student Success - AA Degree

• Student success performance after transfer

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Improving Student Access

• Increased access thru improved financial aid.

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Improving Student Access

• Supporting access via Talent Search Grant.

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Improving Student Access

• Student support by the PCC Foundation

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PCC Salaries 1997-2005
Keeping salaries ahead of CPI increase

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Improvements in Employee Benefits

• Eliminating the requirement to use vacation days
  for part of the Christmas New Years holiday.
• Extending Employee Education benefits to
  permanent part-time employees
• Establishing a 401A plan to defer taxes at
  retirement
• Creating a Sick Leave Pool
• Creating the PCC Pride newsletter
• Conducting climate surveys on a recurring basis
  to identify areas in which we need improvements

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State Funding Per FTE
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2005 Annual Board Retreat

• Seven Hot Topics in 2005/06

• Leadership
• Services to Students
• Legislative Agenda
• Enrollment Growth
• New Facilities
• Marketing the Brand
• Institutional Relationships

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Success in Economic Development

• Polk Community College has partnered with
  economic development councils (CFDC, LEDC, East
  Polk Committee of 100) and Polk Works to create
  more high-wage and high-skill jobs.

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Quick Response Training Program

• QRT is a Workforce Florida, Inc. initiative to
  fund training costs for new and expanding
  business creating high-quality jobs. With PCC as
  a partner, 14 companies were approved between
  1998 and 2005 for QRT incentive grants ranging
  from 17,850 to 311,640 (total of 1,765,281) to
  create over 2,000 new jobs in Polk County.

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Companies Approved for Grant

• GEICO 1998
• Pepperidge Farm 1998
• Keymark 1998
• Maxpak 1999
• Mid State Truss 1999
• Pepperidge Farm 2000
• Lockheed Martin 2002
• Minute Maid 2003
• Ford Motor Company 2003
• Pepperidge Farm 2004
• Rotanis 2005
• Lockheed Martin 2005
• Southern Wine and Spirits 2005
• Technology Research Consultants, Inc. 2005

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Leadership in High Skill/High Wage Initiative

• Higher paying jobs can improve the quality of
  life however, Polk County has a shortage of
  educated workers with the skills needed to
  attract high skill/high employers.
• In 1998 PCC tackled that problem and continues to
  work with Polk Vision, Polk Works, public
  schools, chambers of commerce, and economic
  development groups. Here are some of the
  accomplishments.

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New HS/HW Training Programs

• Occupational Therapy Assistant Program (1998)
  Secured a State Grant.
• Network Engineering Technology (1998)Secured
  State funds to start this NET degree program.
• A/Cisco Certification Program (1999) Secured
  State funds to expand the NET program by creating
  an A and Cisco program track.
• CISCO Academy Program (1999-2000) CISCO-PCC
  partnership. PCC trained teachers to lead
  academies in area high schools to interest more
  high school students in IT careers.

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New HS/HW Training (Cont.)

• IT Camp for Teachers (2000) The Florida High Tech
  Corridor Council joined with PCC to offer this
  seminar to Polk County high school teachers.
• Wireless Systems Technology Program (2003) The
  Florida High Tech Corridor Council provided
  100,000 to help PCC create this program. The
  curriculum will be shared with other community
  colleges.
• Respiratory Care Program (2005) The Legislature
  provided a Jobs for Floridas Future Grant of
  561,303 to enable PCC Lakeland to train
  Respiratory Care Assistants for our hospitals.

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Workforce Guarantee

• PCC guarantees that the graduates of our AS
  programs and Certificate programs will possess
  the industry-standard competencies necessary to
  pass certification exams or within the first six
  months of graduation PCC will provide a limited
  amount of additional training at no charge to the
  student or employer.

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Welfare to Work Initiatives in Partnership with
Polk Works

• Polk Works Support Grant (1998) Staff for
  learning assessment centers at Lakeland Winter
  Haven one-stop centers.
• Step-up Challenge Grant (2000) Provided call
  center training for WIA clients.
• Customer Care/Work and Learn (2002) Provided
  customer service training for WIA clients.

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Incumbent Worker Training Partnerships with
PolkWorks and the State Workforce Board
Information Technology Training Certification
Grant (2001) Participating Employers

• BCI Engineers and Scientists, Inc.
• Badcock Corporation
• Central Florida Development Council
• City of Eagle Lake
• City of Lakeland
• Lakeland Ledger

• Micro Business Solutions
• Next Gen Technologies
• Pepperidge Farm
• Polk County School Board
• Polk County Sheriffs Office
• Publix
• Watkins

50 participants trained and certified
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Incumbent Worker Training (Cont.)
Targeted Industry Sector IT Training Grant (2002)
Participating Companies

• Data Integrity Services, Inc.
• IMC
• MCI
• Pepperidge Farm
• Publix
• Seal-Krete, Inc.
• U. S. Agri-Chemicals
• U H Caretaking, Inc.
• Watkins

• American Bank and Trust
• Ametek
• Badcock Corporation
• Bunch and Associates
• Cargill
• CF Industries
• Choice Communications Inc.
• Colorado Boxed Beef
• Computer Data Network Partners

Skills Upgrade Challenge Grant (2002) - Provided
insurance licensure training for 810 GEICO
employees.
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Incumbent Worker Training (Cont.)

• Best Employment Solutions in Training BEST
  (2005) 371,000
• A partnership with Polk Works to provide high
  skill training for manufacturing workers in
  existing industries.
• Child Care Training Grant (2001) 103,678
• A DCF grant provided state mandated training for
  child-care workers in Polk County. This is a
  high demand and essential occupation, but not
  high wage.

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Innovative Programs To Stimulate Economic And
Educational Progress

• Fifty-three business leaders met with President
  Durrence in the summer of 2001 to identify
  strategies for PCC to advance economic
  development and to create the highly educated,
  skilled workforce needed in Polk County

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PCC Collegiate High School Created

• A Tech-Prep Demonstration Grant (2001) of
  500,000 enabled PCC to create a pilot-project
  in the form of a collegiate high school in
  partnership with the Polk County School Board and
  Lakeland High School to transition high school
  students into high skill post-secondary career
  and technical programs in August 2002. PCC
  became the second Florida community college to
  operate a high school.

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Collegiate High School (Cont.)

• PCC Collegiate High School pilot transitioned to
  charter status under PCC control in August 2004.
  
• Fifty 2005 graduates had an average of 40 credit
  hours of college credit, and three received their
  Associate of Arts Degree as well as the high
  school diploma.
• In the 2005 Science FCAT exam for 11th graders,
  PCC Collegiate High School juniors had the 12th
  highest numerical average among the 532 Florida
  high schools, which was higher than any Polk high
  school other than the IB program.

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PCC Corporate College Created

• Business leaders asked PCC to provide high
  quality leadership and personnel training as well
  as technical skills training that could be
  quickly accessed to meet the specific needs of
  local business and industry.
• In 2002 business leaders assisted PCC in
  transforming the former continuing education
  program into the Corporate College. It provides
  leadership and technical training to enable local
  business and industry achieve greater success in
  an increasingly competitive global economy.

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Corporate College (Cont.)

• The Corporate College in 2003 received a
  congressionally authorized FIPSE grant with the
  assistance of Congressman Adam Putnam to support
  implementation of new training programs.
• A Cargill Foundation Grant (2003) facilitated
  curriculum and program development and marketing
  for the Corporate College.
• A Department of Labor Grant (2005) will support
  the full implementation of the Roadmap to Success
  program to train supervisors and managers.

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Corporate College (Cont.)

• The Verizon Foundation Grant (2004) provided
  matching funds to enable the Small Business
  Training Consortium (SBTC) partners to attend
  Corporate College training programs.
• Ford Motor Company contracted (2004) with the PCC
  Corporate College to provide a Skills Enhancement
  Program in their Polk County facility for United
  Auto Workers employees.

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Assist the Public School System to Meet
Teacher/Personnel Needs

• PARADE/Greenhouse Program (2002)
• Enabled up to 60 Paraprofessionals annually to
  earn an Associates degree credit to meet new
  State requirements.
• Progress Energy Foundation Grant (2003)
• Provided financial support to create the Polk
  County Teacher/Educator Partnership and provide
  supplemental professional development to Polk
  County educators and administrators through the
  Corporate College.

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Assist Public School System (Cont.)

• Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (2005) 38,000
• A grant to establish PCC as the agency
  determining the eligibility of potential VPK
  providers as well as monitoring performance of
  established VPK providers.
• Educator Preparation Institutes (2005)
• A State-approved partnership with the Polk
  County Schools to provide an alternate teacher
  certification process. More than 50
  non-certified teachers are enrolled.

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Shortage of Registered Nurses Addressed

• A Partnership for Success (2003) 1,322,025
• An agreement with LRMC, WHH, Heart of Florida,
  Bartow Memorial, and LWMC to support a 40
  enrollment increase in the PCC Nursing Program.
  Watson Clinic also provided funding.
• Nursing Lab in Lakeland (2005)
• A SUCCEED Florida grant of 427,500 will
  increase enrollment in the RN program, assist
  more Licensed Practical Nurses to become RNs, and
  help create a Paramedic-RN Bridge program.

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Thank You
PCC